Steel car-side structure.



PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

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STATES fication, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of acar-body constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial interior elevation of the side Fig. 3 is a vertical cross- 1 section of the side through the hopper-sheet.

- cent to the hoppers Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail crosssection of the central top-girder construction. Fig. 5 is an outer detail, partly broken away, of the same. Figs. 6 to 13 aremodifications of the top-girder construction.

My invention relates to the steel sides of hopper gondola cars, and is designed to strengthen the side structureabove and ad jathrough the intermediate portion of the car.

In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 2 represents the steel-plate side of the car, having side stakes riveted vertically thereto. I have shown these side stakes as of the usual pressed-steel form with the exception of the,

stakes at the hopper-points. In the form shown'with twin hoppers two of the side stakes are within the lines of each hopper, and

these stakes 4 are extended downwardly, as shown at 5, and are shaped so that they may be fastened to the .side hopper-sheet 6. In the form shown the extensions 5 of these stakes are bent inwardly, and the flanges are riveted through the hopper-sheet, as shown at 7 in Fig. 3. The hopper may, however, be

built out so that the stakeextension may be secured to it without being bentin. Inaddition to the strengthening action of these stake These angles 8 are preferably secured by rivets Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 19, 1904. Serial No. 237,421.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. LINDSTROM, ALLEGHENY. PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNO R TO THE PRESSED STEEL CAR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

STEEL CAR-SIDE STRUCTURE.

Patented Nov. as, 1905.

'10, extending through the car sides and also through the flanges of-the stakes where the stakes occur. The side hopper-sheet is preferably of the form indicated'in'Fig. 2, though' it may be of any desirable shape. In order to further strengthen the car side through the intermediate portion where the hoppers are located, I employ a girder structure along the upper edge of,v the side, one form of which is shown in Figs. 3, 4:, and 5. In this structure an angle is provided, with its verticalleg or flange l1 riveted ,upon the inner face of the side and its upper horizontal flange 12 projecting outwardly over the edge of the side.

The horizontal flange 13 of another angle laps over the flange 12, the two being secured by rivets 14:. The depending leg 15 of the outer angle is secured by studs or pins'16, extending through theflanges 11 and 15 and the car side and riveted in place. I preferably surround these studs with thimbles or sleeves 18, which act as spacers. The outer angle, having the flange 15, preferably terminates at the lines a 0; beyond the-hoppers,- as this construction is specially designed to strengthen the intermediate portion of the side, although it may extend to the ends of the. car sides.

The top-girder construction may be varied in many ways, and I show other forms thereof in Figs. 6 to 12. In Fig. 6 I show the carsideplates 2 as provided with horizontal outwardly-bent flanges 12, a single angle being used with an outer vertical leg or flange 15 and an inwardly-projecting horizontal flange 13, which is riveted to the bent flange 12. The spacing'devices 16 are used in-the same manner as in the first form. In Fig. 7 Ishow a form similar to that of Fig. 4:, except that the leg 15 of the outer angle'is provided with a rib 19 along its lower edge. In Fig. 8 I show a form similar to that of Fig. 6, except that the leg 15 of the angle is provided with a rib 19 at its lower edge. In Fig. 9 I show a form similar to that of Fig. 6, except that the horizontal flange 13 of the angle is placed beneath the bent flange 12 instead of over it,

as in the form of Fig. 6. In Fig. 10 I show the side plates as provided with a flange 12 which is bent inwardly instead of outwardly, as in Fig. 6, a Z-bar 20' having its web fastened to the flange 12 with its outer depending flange 15 connected .to the side by the spacers 16*, the inner flange 21 projecting upwardly at the inner edge of the flange 12 In Fig. 11 I show the side as having the outwardly-bent flange 12 with a channel-shaped section having its web 22 riveted to the flange and its inner leg 23 fitting against the inner face of the side plate and its outer leg 24 secured to the side by spacers 16 which extend through the side plate and the leg 23. In Fig. 12 I show the side plate as having an inwardly-bent flange 12 to which is riveted the longer horizontal leg 18 of an angle having its depending outer leg 15 secured to the side by spacers 16 In Fig. 13 I show a form similar to that of Fig. 11, except that the bent flange is done away with, the channel 22 having its inner flange 23" secured to the inner face of the side plate by spacers 16", which extend through the outer leg 24*. When the top girder is constructed as shown in Figs. 4:, 7, 11, and 13, the vertical leg or flange which connects with the side sheet is riveted thereto in the usual manner, in addition to having the spacers to stiffen the other leg. In my broader claims upon this top-girder construction the word flange is intended to cover either a flange bent integrally from the side plate or forming a part of a member secured thereto.

The advantages of my invention result from the simple construction by which strength is given to the sides of steel cars, at points where they have been very weak, and which will prevent the spreading and buckling of the sides by the lading placed inside of the car, as well as the breaking down of the sides when the loads are supported on the top of the sides, as is frequently the case with the present cars when transporting twin loads.

Each of the features herein described may be employed without the others, and many variations may be made in the form and arrangement of the sides, stakes, the hoppers, &c., without departing from my invention.

I claim 1. A gondola car having a hopper, and an inner angle extending between the hoppersheet and the car side, said car side having a stake with a lower extension secured to the hopper-sheet; substantially as described.

2. A car having depending hoppers below its bottom, side stakes extended below the level of the bottom and secured to the hoppersheets, and angles riveted between the lower portions of the car sides and the hoppersheets, said angles extending through the intermediate portions of the car; substantially as described.

3. A steel car side having an independent vertically-extending flange spaced apart from soaai the top of the side, and securing devices extending through said flange and the side; substantially as described.

4:. A steel car side having at its top an independent outer, spaced-apart flange connected to the side by separate spacing devices; substantially as described.

5. A car side having an independent reinforcing member secured along its upper edge and having a depending flange spaced apart from the car side, and securing devices connecting said depending flange to the car side; substantially as described.

6. A car side having at its top an outwardlyprojecting flange, and an independent outer, depending flange spaced apart from the car side and secured thereto by connections extending through the flange and the car side; substantially as described.

7. A steel car side having an angle with an inner vertical leg secured along the inner surface of its upper edge, and another angle with a horizontal flange overlapping the flange of the inner angle and secured thereto; substantially as described.

8. A steel car side having an upper girder comprising two angles arranged oppositely with overlapping horizontal flanges secured together, and spacers between the vertical leg of the outer angle and the car side; substantially as described.

9. A car side have an upper girder comprising two oppositely-arranged angles with overlapping horizontal flanges secured together, the leg of the inner angle being secured to the car side by spacers extending through the vertical leg of the outer angle; substantially as described.

10. Ahoppergondolacarhavingatop-girder construction comprising two angles extending through the intermediate part of the car, through the twin-hopper portion thereof, the upper angle having an outer,depending flange; substantially as described.

11. A car side having the stakes extended at the hopper-points and secured to the hopper-sheets, angles secured between the hopper-sheets and the car side, and overlapping angles forming a girder construction for the upper edge of the side through the hopper portions of the side; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. I

CHARLES A. LINDSTROM. Witnesses:

K. L. ROBINSON, H. B. FISHER. 

